Health care systems feel the strain
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As respiratory viruses spike, health care systems ask Minnesotans to reduce the strain on providers. “Please have mercy on us,” said Dr. Ashley Strobel, emergency physician at Hennepin Healthcare. “We are working very hard and doing our absolute best. We are parents just like you. We are Minnesotans just like you and we want to take care of you.”
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